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I. W. LAMB.'

GLOVE.

No. 462,563. Patented Nov. 3, 18911.

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ISAAC 1V. LAMB, OF COLON, MICHIGAN.

GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 462,563, dated November 8, 1891.

Application filed July 2, 1891. Serial No. 398.229. (No model.)

To all whom t may co/Lcerib:

Be it known that l, ISAAC YV'. LAME, of Colon, in the county of St. Joseph and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Impro ved Glove, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

,llly invention relates to improvements in gloves, and especially that variety of gloves which are made from knitted fabric, and the object of my invention is to produce a perfectfitting glove ot' tasty design and good quality.

To this end my invention consists in a glove constructed substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures ol' reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the glove-blank before the thumb is attached. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the glove turned wrong side out. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the thumbpiece. Fig. el is adetail view of a finished glove right side out. Fig. 5 is a detail view of a modified form of glove. Fig. G is a detail sectional view showing the formation of the wrist, and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional View showing .the formation oi' the wrist of the glove shown in Fig. 5.

Any kind of knitted fabric may be used in the manufacture of the glove; but a simple racked ribbed fabric is preferably employed.

The blank 10 ot" which the glove is formed is narrowed at the point where the thumb is attached, as shown at 1l, the upper part of the blank being lett. of a uniform width, and the lower end of the blank terminates in seven finger-pieces, (indicated in the drawings by numbers from 12 to 1S, inclusive.)

The Enger-pieces, with the exception of the finger-piece 1S, are narrowed at the bases, as shown at 19, this being effected by running off certain of the stitches during the knitting process, and the finger-pieces have the loose threads 20, which are left in knitting and which run from the base ot one inger-piece to the point of an adjoining linger -piece. The knitting is commenced at the ends of the ingenpieces, and consequently the fabric can be easily narrowed at the bases of the fingerpieces and at the point 11. The little-inger piece 15 is wider than the others, and when folded together forms a complete linger adapted to receive the little finger of the hand.

By making the linger-pieces as wide as explained and then ruiming off stitches at the point where the finger-pieces join the hand sutil/cient material is secured to go entirely around the fingers when the iingerpieces are sewed up, as hereinafter described. This sewing np will require but one seam between the iinger-pieces, and they are preferably made as described; but, it desired,thefinger pieces may be made throughout their entire length ot the same width as the parts which join the hand, and separate narrow strips may be sewed to their edges to produce the widened elifect. The looseends of the thread 2O which are left on the blank are utilized in sewing up the finger-pieces.

The wider portion of the iinger-pieces may be made wider or narrower, according to the size of the glove, and the relative length ot the Iinger-pieces may be changed as desired. The thumb-piece 2l is knit separately and is twice narrowed toward the point, as shown at 22 and and the part which joins the hand portion ot the glove is knit gering, as shown at 2-1, and the threads 25 ot' the fabric are left projecting from the pointed end.

The wrist 26 ol' the glove is made long enough so that it may be doubled, as shown in Figs. 2 and 6; butin making a cheap glove a single wrist 2(5L may be formed and the doubled effect produced by crocheting the wrist, as in Fig. 5. the following manner: It is doubled longitudinally in the middle at a point running from the middle of. the iinger-piece l5 to the wrist. The two edges of the middle piece 15 are sewed together, thus forming the little finger ot the glove. The edges of the fingerpieces 14. and 1G are sewed together to form the third V[in ger of the glove, and the edges of the ngerpieces 13 and 17 and 12 and 1S are likewise sewed together to form the remaining glove-ingers At the point where the linger-pieces join the hand portion of the glove there will be the loose stitches which were run oft of the machine after each Iinger-piece was knit, as shown at 10. The loose stitches next the The blank is sewed up in y IOO small finger-piece are joined to the fingerpiece forming the third finger of the glove, and in like manner the loose stitches between the second and third and first and second are 5 joined, thus completing the fingers with the exception of sewing up the ends. The thumbpiece is now folded and yarn run down through the loops at the tip, and .the tip is drawn up and the selvages sewed together. The thumb 1o is then turned the other side out and is placed inside the hand of the glove, the point of the gore part 24 being toward the wrist of the glove. The loose stitches of the blank which were run off the machine at the point 1l are x5 joined to the inner edges of the thumb, and

the gored sides of the thumb are seWed to the sides of the hand part of the glove, and then the Wrist is sewed up. The upper part of the wrist is doubled over and hemmed down, thus 2o forming a lining, as best shown in Fig. 6. The

glove is now ready to be dyed, and for this purpose it is kept wrong side out, dyed, thoroughly scoured, and dried. The tips of the fingers are then drawn up, the glove turned 2 5 right side out, drawn on a form, placed in a steam-box, steamed, and hung up to dry on the form. When dry it is removed from the form and is ready for the market.

Narrowing the glove-blank at the side of 3o the hand, as shown, accomplishes two objects.

First, it enables the glove to be made right or left handed, as desired. If the fabric is alike on both sides, a right-hand glove is secured by folding the blank one side out, and a lefthand glove is secured by folding the other If, however, a style of stitch is used side out.

wrist, making it fit closer and giving to it a superior finish. If the tips of the fingers are drawn up before dyeing, then the center of the tips will not take the color perfectly when dyed Wrong side out, and if dyed right side out the boiling and scouring does not leave as perfect a finish as is obtained by dyeing them wrong side out and then scouring, drying, and turning in t-he manner described.

By narrowing the finger-pieces as described and uniting them in the manner specified the formed ngers will slightly overlap, so that the glove will look nicely when off the hand, and when placed upon the hand the fingers of the hand fill out the glove-fingers and the glove fits perfectly.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- ,1. A glove formed of two blanks, the handblank having nger-pieces formed thereon and narrowed at the point Where the thumb is attached and of a uniform width from the thumb to the Wrist, and the thumb-blank having its upper portion knit goring, substan# tially as described.

2. A glove composed of a main blank having finger-pieces narrowed at the bases, said blank being narrowed at the point Where the thumb is attached and having its upper portion of uniform Width, and a thumb-blank secured to the main blank at the point of narrowing, substantially as described. n

3. A glove comprising a main blank having the fingers thereof composed of seven pieces, six of which are narrowed at the bases, and a thumb-blank suitably secured to the main blank, substantially as described.

ISAAC W. LAMB. Witnesses: l

DAVID L. AKEY, HENRY R. HULBERT. 

